KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– A Palestinian fighter affiliated with the Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad movement, was killed and another one was injured in an Israeli air raid on Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, medical sources reported.

The PIC reporter said that the aerial raid killed Jamil Al-Najjar on the spot and wounded another man east of Khan Younis city.

The Israeli raid falls in line with recent military escalation against the Gaza Strip that killed a Palestinian farmer on Monday while tending to his land north of Beit Hanun, north of the Strip.

Three other raids at dawn Monday wounded a Palestinian citizen in Khan Younis and caused big damage in Gaza and Khan Younis.

Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian houses and cultivated land lots east of Khan Younis.

Witnesses told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers opened intensive fire as Apache choppers were hovering over Khan Younis.